On a day of relief in the domestic and international markets, the stock market rose again and registered the fifth record in a row, approaching 150 thousand points. The dollar closed stable, but rose more than 1% in October.
The Ibovespa index, from B3, closed this Friday (31) at 149,540 points, an increase of 0.51%, benefiting mainly from the inflow of external capital. Rising for the eighth consecutive session, the indicator accumulated gains of 2.26% in October and increased 24.32% in the year.
In the foreign exchange market, the commercial dollar closed at R$5.38, a drop of just 0.01%. The price had a day of volatility, reaching R$5.40 at around 12:30 pm and falling to R$5.37 an hour later, until ending stable.
The US currency rose 1.08% in October. In 2025, the currency falls 12.94%, registering the best performance among Latin American currencies in the year.
Both domestic and international factors affected the financial market this Friday. The reduction in trade tensions between the United States and China, following the conclusion of an agreement on rare earths, contributed to an increase in the flow of foreign capital to emerging countries, such as Brazil.
In the domestic scenario, the dollar suffered pressure on the last business day of the month, when the Ptax Rate (average rate that corrects government debt linked to the exchange rate) closed. Even so, the entry of external resources reduced pressure in the afternoon.
Occupancy rate
In relation to the stock market, in addition to external capital, new data on the Brazilian labor market contributed to stimulating the increase. The Continuous National Household Sample Survey (PNAD), released by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) this Friday, showed that the unemployment rate remained at 5.6% in the quarter closed in September.
Despite unemployment having reached its lowest level in history, the decline in the employment rate – the percentage of employed people in the population of working age – fell from 58.8% in the previous quarter to 58.7% in the quarter ended in September.
The data reduces the chances of the Central Bank (BC) postponing the start of cuts in the Selic Rate (basic interest rates for the economy), benefiting riskier investments, such as the stock market.
* With information from Reuters
